Perspectives on business and brand

Issue 01 2013 - The Citizenship Issue

The UN working with
business on global crises

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Baroness Valerie Amos
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations Office
—Baroness Valerie Amos talks about the increasingly important role that business partnerships are playing in the UN’s efforts to address global challenges.

In Conversation

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Lord (Michael) Hastings
Global Head of Citizenship, KPMG International
—We spoke to Lord Hastings about his thoughts on the connection between the business world, sustainable development and the relative roles and responsibilities of business and governments.

Exotic, organic, original

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David Faulks
Gen.a
—Home to 1.6 million people, the archipelago of Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous part of the United Republic of Tanzania in East Africa. It is is one of the world’s top three clove producers but in the face of increased competition abroad is losing its share of the global market.

It’s time for business
to exercise leadership

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Georg Kell
Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact
—The prevailing mood of crisis management, short-termism and populism has led to a crisis in leadership and the need for business to deliver collaborative solutions to global challenges.

Opinion

Despite the billions of dollars in ‘aid’ delivered in previous decades, persisting challenges in many African nations calls for a more holistic approach to development assistance that aligns with the priorities…

People

Despite almost two decades of economic growth nearly a quarter of Australians still live in low-income households, 10 per cent live in actual poverty and each year two million people – around half of whom are…

Observation

We live in a highly competitive world that is driven increasingly by quick financial returns to pay the bills. This is the way of the world for businesses in the current economic climate. Many businesses…

-David Faulks & Nick MorganPartners, Gen.a

Green Paper

In his opening address to the 2012 Sydney Peace Foundation’s Annual Forum, the Australian Representative to the United Nations Global Compact, Matthew Tukaki, said that “diversity in the workplace is not just about breaking glass ceilings. It is about the empowerment of women...